A1072 crash in Stevenage on 7 August 2016 at 14:05 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a Hyundai i20 were involved in a crash on the A1072 in Stevenage at 14:05 on Sunday 7 August 2016. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i20 and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i20 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2016
- Sunday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and Hyundai i20
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9177, longitude -0.21011, in the SG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stevenage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Old Town, Stevenage, SG1 3HD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016410101989
- Council area
- Stevenage
- Police force
- Hertfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Hertfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1072
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 2003.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 13 May 2003
12 m awayRef 20034100E0224
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 29 June 1994
14 m awayRef 19944100E1126
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 16 June 2024
16 m awayRef 2024411523136
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 26 January 2004
24 m awayRef 20044100E0052
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 15 January 1996
26 m awayRef 19964100E0008
Serious
Van crash on the A1072 in Stevenage, 23 March 2002
28 m awayRef 20024100E0163
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i20
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i20)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2016410101989 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2016.